Scuba Diving - New Jersey & Long Island New York

Scuba Diving - New Jersey & Long Island New York

Western World ( "Spring Lake Wreck" )

Western World

Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, England
Specs:
( 287 x 38 ft ) 2458 gross tons, 300+ passengers & crew
Sunk:
Saturday October 22, 1853
ran aground in heavy fog - no casualties
Depth:
25 ft

(c) Carl Muhlhausen
"two congealed lumps"

Beach replenishment operations in the vicinity of this wreck can not have improved it.

(c) AquaExplorers

Images from New Jersey Beach Diver courtesy of Capt. Dan Berg of AquaExplorers.